Supported package types
The BigFix Software Distribution application supports various package types that can be deployed to different endpoints.
The current version of BigFix Software Distribution supports the following file types:
- BAT
- EXE
- Mac DMG
- PKG (for Mac and Solaris)
- MSI
- SPB (for Windows, Linux, and AIX)
- RPM (for Linux and AIX)
- Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)The following App-V clients and packages are supported:
- 4.5 SP1
- 4.5 SP2
- 4.6 Gold (32- and 64-bit)
- 4.6 SP1 (32- and 64-bit)
- 5.0 Gold (32- and 64-bit)
Notes:
- To deploy SPB package types to your endpoints, you must first subscribe to the Client Manager for TCM site from your console. After you subscribe to the site, run the Deploy SIE task to each endpoint. This task is found in .
- The inspector to check whether a Mac .pkg file is installed on an endpoint is not yet available.
- The Policy Action type of Mac PKG tasks is not supported in the Software Distribution task deployment process.